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US Watchdog Rips Failed Nation-Building Effort in Afghanistan in Its Final Report

by Dave DeCamp | Dec 4, 2025

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a US government watchdog established in 2008 to oversee US reconstruction spending in Afghanistan, has issued a scathing final report on the US's failed nation-building effort. SIGAR will be closed...

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DC National Guard Shooter Worked for CIA-Backed Kandahar Strike Force in Afghanistan

by Dave DeCamp | Nov 27, 2025

The suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, worked for a CIA-backed "Zero Unit" known as the Kandahar Strike Force (KSF) or the "03" unit, which has been implicated in war crimes against Afghan civilians....

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Trump Says ‘Bad Things Are Going to Happen’ If Afghanistan Doesn’t Hand Over Bagram Air Base

by Dave DeCamp | Sep 21, 2025

President Trump on Saturday warned that "bad things would happen" if Afghanistan didn't agree to hand over the Bagram Air Base back to the US military, an idea that's been rejected by the Taliban-led government in Kabul. "If Afghanistan doesn’t give Bagram Airbase...

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Taliban Frees US Citizen After Direct Talks With Trump Official

by Dave DeCamp | Mar 20, 2025

On Thursday, the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan released a US citizen after holding direct talks with US officials in Kabul. Trump envoy Adam Boehler and former US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad traveled to Afghanistan on Thursday and held talks with Mawlawi Amir...

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US Judge Says Families of 9/11 Victims Not Entitled to Afghan Central Bank Funds

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 21, 2023

A US judge has determined that families of the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks are not entitled to Afghan central bank funds that the Biden administration has seized. During the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the US withdrawal in 2021, the Biden...

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Report: Ukraine Asks NATO For Leftover Afghanistan Funds

by Dave DeCamp | Dec 7, 2022

NATO is considering using a $3.4 billion fund that was meant to support the now-defunct US-backed Afghan government to provide more aid for Ukraine, POLITICO reported on Wednesday. Known as the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, the money was donated by individual NATO...

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One Year After Afghanistan Withdrawal, Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation as US Maintains Sanctions

by Dave DeCamp | Aug 30, 2022

6 million Afghans at risk of famine

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Taliban Says US Drones are Entering Afghan Airspace Through Pakistan

by Dave DeCamp | Aug 28, 2022

The Taliban's acting defense minister said Sunday that US drones have been entering Afghan airspace through Pakistan. "According to our information the drones are entering through Pakistan to Afghanistan, they use Pakistan’s airspace, we ask Pakistan, don't use your...

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Report: US Plans to Continue Talks With the Taliban on Frozen Afghan Funds

by Dave DeCamp | Aug 22, 2022

9/11 families urged Biden to return the money to Afghanistan

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Pentagon Estimates Taliban Took Control of Over $7 Billion in US Military Equipment

by Dave DeCamp | Aug 17, 2022

The majority of the equipment was tactical ground vehicles

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